RPC IX, 1496

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1496
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Issue Year ΘΞϹ = 269
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription ΚΥΙΝ ΕΡΕ ΕΤΡ ΜΕϹ ΔΕΚΚΙΟϹ (sic) Κ
Edition Κύϊν(τος) Ἑρέ(ννιος) Ἐτρ(οῦσκος) Μέσ(σιος) Δέκκιος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔΟ ΜΗΤ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΘΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδό(ξου) μητ(ροπόλεως) γʹ γʹ ἔτ(ους) θξσʹ
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), of year 269
Reverse design crescent with seven stars
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.88 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 757
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 1473/1–8, 1495/1–9. 1–7: same rev. die as 1494/1–9.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1939,0105.1
2 2     P: 246 Wa 4160 = SNG 2124
3 3     Cop SNG 54
4 4     Hirsch 175, 23 Sept. 1992, lot 1342
5 5     ✸ Lanz 86, 15 May 1998, lot 657
6 6     Ziegler 1132
7 7     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 757.5